Purpose: Designed to educate and inform students about our American history. This course will start from the beginnings of civilization and end with Reconstruction after the Civil War. We will be covering important events around the world until Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Outline:
I. Beginnings II. Exploration III. Colonization IV. Revolution V. Articles of Confederation VI. Constitution VII. Westward Expansion VIII. Domestic and Foreign Conflicts IX. Civil War X. Civil War Reconstruction
Book: The American Journey text will be issued to you at the beginning of the semester. You are required to bring it each day to class unless otherwise noted.
Projects:
Research Project: We will be doing a research project that will cover a key event or person in American history. It will be a 3-5 paged typed paper. You will be given class time and time in the library to work on your projects.
Become the teacher: A group of students will be selected to represent a certain event or period of time that they will research. They will then present the information to the class using PowerPoint or an overhead.
Political Cartoons: We will use political cartoons to illustrate events and people in American history. Class time and materials will be provided. These will be done in groups and individually.
Welcome To Mr. Musser's US History I Page. Here you will find everything related to our class.
Check out these links:
The Engraving of the Boston MassacreTouring a California Spanish Mission
National Geogrpahic presents Lewis & Clark
PBS presents the Lewis & Clark Click the interactive trail map to see how you would fair on a trip to the Pacific during the 1800's.
Teaching the Civil War Through Technology.
The History Channel presents the Civil War
Multimedia Tour of the Civil War Podcasts and tours of Civil War battlefields.
SAS Cirriculum Pathways
Below is our syllabus:
American History
Purpose:
Designed to educate and inform students about our American history. This course will start from the beginnings of civilization and end with Reconstruction after the Civil War. We will be covering important events around the world until Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Outline:
I. Beginnings
II. Exploration
III. Colonization
IV. Revolution
V. Articles of Confederation
VI. Constitution
VII. Westward Expansion
VIII. Domestic and Foreign Conflicts
IX. Civil War
X. Civil War Reconstruction
Book:
The American Journey text will be issued to you at the beginning of the semester. You are required to bring it each day to class unless otherwise noted.
Projects:
Research Project:
We will be doing a research project that will cover a key event or person in American history. It will be a 3-5 paged typed paper. You will be given class time and time in the library to work on your projects.
Become the teacher:
A group of students will be selected to represent a certain event or period of time that they will research. They will then present the information to the class using PowerPoint or an overhead.
Political Cartoons:
We will use political cartoons to illustrate events and people in American history. Class time and materials will be provided. These will be done in groups and individually.